Monochrome Madness

Every Thursday, Leanne Cole, a Fine Art Photographer based in Melbourne, hosts a wonderful project called Monochrome Madness. This is a photographic challenge which attracts participants from all over the world. Every week, we submit a monochrome image, typically black & white, and sometimes comment on each other’s work.

We are now into the third year of the project. So the galleries display images submitted by Chris to date. As most of these images were taken as coloured photographs originally, it has been interesting to understand which images are suited to a black & white conversion. Some are obvious, such as the much loved cygnet hitchhiking on its mum’s back from Year One, or the jellyfish in Year Two, because they are in the main already monochrome or high in contrast. But for others, especially landscapes and seascapes, it is not as easy as might appear. That is the nature of the challenge.

Monochrome Madness – Year Three

Whistling Kite

Monochrome Madness – Year Two

MM2-1 Aireys Lighthouse

MM2-2 White Faced Heron

MM2-3 Jan Juc

MM2-4 Port Albert

MM2-6 Correa

MM2-7 Waterloo Bay

MM2-8 Grevillea

MM2-9 May Fences Theme

MM2-10 Banyule Flats

MM2-11 Grevillea

MM2-12 Willy Wagtail

MM2-13 June Water Theme

MM2-14 Night Waves

Milky Wayat Mornington Peninsula – f/3.5, 30 sec, ISO 6400

MM2-16 Pulpit Rock, Cape Schanck

MM2-17 Koala – July Theme K

MM2-18 Surf Coast

MM2-19 Red Rocks Surf

MM2-20 Fungi

MM 2-21 Black Shouldered Kite

MM2-22 Bridge Theme

MM2-23 Windblown

MM2-24 Underwater life

MM2-25 Grasshopper

MM2-26 Urban Theme

MM2-27 Country Theme

MM2-28 Columbine

MM2-29 Bottlebrush

MM2-30 Columbine leaves

MM2-31 Cloud Theme

MM2-32 – Hakea

MM2-33 – Surf

MM2-34 – Aquilegia

MM2-43 – Curves Theme

MM2-44 – Keppels Sky

MM2-45 – Seaweed

MM2-46 – Jellyfish

MM2-47 – Straight Theme

MM2-49 – Jan Juc

MM2-50 – Bass Strait Islands

Jan Juc, f/14, 5.6 sec, ISO 100

MM2-52 – Close up Theme

Monochrome Madness – Year One

MM31 Hitchhiker

MM32 Reaching

MM33 Bass Strait Sunrise

MM34 Dots and tickles

MM35 Gippsland Lakes

MM36 Protea

MM37 Ripening Grapes

MM38 Welcome Swallow

MM39 Sunrise at sea

MM40 Little Pied Cormorant

MM41 Strzelecki Peaks

MM42 Great Cormorant

MM43 Buoy Christmas

MM44 Dandelion

MM45 Eucalypt Blossom

MM46 Foggy Start

MM47 Moruya Mist

MM48 Dawn Reflections

MM50 – Pink Eared Duck

MM51 Lillies Beach, Flinders Island

MM52 Favourite!

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14 thoughts on “Monochrome Madness”

Wow Chris, some magnificent photos here, you would have to be pleased with them. what a great job. Thank you so much for being part of MM it has been fantastic getting to know you, online and now in person.

You have some special images here. Your birds are magnificent- and so touching!!! the eucalypt blossom is exquisite and your landscapes like Moruya mist and lillies beach are so full of longing ( to me). All gorgeous!!